Railway-joint.



S. SANNA.

RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 23, 1911.

1,952,970.. Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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APPLICATION rum) JUHE 23, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1913.

Application filed June 23, 1911. Serial No. 634,889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALVATORE SANNA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olinghouse, 1n the county of Washoe and State of Nevada,have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Joints, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain novel and useful improvementsin railway joints.

In carrying out my invention, it is my purpose to provide a railwayjoint which will firmly and safely secure the contiguous ends of twosections of rails, and at the same time the construction and arrangementare such that jarring and wear and tear incident to the rolling stocktraveling over the rails at the joint is obviated to a great en-v tent.

Still a further object of my invention is to provide an improved form ofrailway chair adapted to embrace the, rail sections at the joints,saidchair having a plate interposed between one side thereof and therail joints, such plate extending to or slightly above the tread surfaceof the ball of the rail whereby the wheels of the car trucks will travelon the upper part of the chair at the joints, thereby avoiding wear andjar upon the rails. 1

It is also my purpose to provide an im-' proved rail joint embracing thedesired features of simplicity, strength and etliciency coupled witheconomy in the cost of manufacture and installation.

Still a further object of myinvention is to provide a form of rail jointwherein the use of bolts and holes in the rails at the joints isavoided.

With the above recited objects and others .of a similar nature in view,my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings :F igure 1 is a vertical cross sectionalview takenthrough a rail joint embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aview in side elevation of the outer face of two adjoining sections orrails having my joint applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thesame. Fig. 41 is a detail perspective view of the fish ate; p Referringto the accompanying drawings in detail the letter A 1 designates theendsof two rail sections designed to be joined, the numeral 1 indicating thebase of the rail sections, 2 the vertical web thereof and 3 the ballwhile 4 is the tread surface of the ball.

My improved rail chair is indicated as an entirety by the letter C, andcomprises a vertical web 5, merging in the base 6 upon which the basevof the rail sections rest.

0 erlapping the top of the base of the rail se tions and conforming tothe contour or inclination thereof is the horizontally inclined section7 of the chair, merging in the vertical wall 8, the upper end 9 of thelatter abut-ting against the under surface of the ball of the rail whilesaid vertical wall 8 lies in flush contact with the adjacent surface ofthe web of the rail. On the opposite side of the rails the-base 6 isprovided with a vertically extending wall 10, which is slightly inclinedand is provided with thickened bolt receiving portions 11, each having athreaded bore 12 designed to receive the threaded shanks 13 of the bolts14.

Interposed between this vertical wall 10 and the sides of the railsections is a fish plate 15 having the inwardly extending lugs ormembers 16 designed to abut against the adjacent surface of the verticalweb of the rail, said plate terminating at its upperedge in an enlargedcurved portion 17 having a tread surface 18 which is slightly inclinedoutwardly and is designed to lie a short distance above the tread of therail ends so that when the wheel W of the car truck passes over thejoint it will ride upon the tread of the chair and thereby save wear andjar upon the rail joints.

The above is a description of the construction of my improved railjoint, and the manner of employing the same will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art. The two sections of the rails to be joined areplaced with their ends contiguous in the usual manner, and within therail chair. The fish plate 15 is also inserted as is shown in Fig. 1 andthe bolts 14 are then screwed up and tightened to force the members 16of the chair firmly against the webs of the rail sections while theconcaved surface 19 of the enlarged upper portion of the chair fits-overthe sides of the balls of the rail. When the parts are so assembled, asafe, secure, permanent joint is formed without resorting to the use ofbolts or holes in the fish plates and in the webs of the rail sections.

Having described my v invention, I claim The combination with railsections to be joined, of a chair therefor comprising a base plate, awall extending from one side edge of the base plate and adapted to bearupon one side of the meeting rails, a second wall member extendingupwardly from the opposite side edge of the base plate and spaced apartfrom the webs of the rails and r0- vided with thickened bolt receivingport ons each having a threaded bore, a plate interposed between saidwall member and the adjacent webs of the rails and having inwardlyextending longitudinally disposed members spaced apart and adapted tobear against the webs and spaced from the adjacent edges 20 of theplate, and boltspassing through the bores of the said thickened boltreceiving portions of the second wall member and bearing against thesaid plate .for holding the latter in sections. y

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SALVATORE SANNA. Witnesses:

B. C. Lirsms, J. AARON INGALLS.

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